Couch-hammock.



E. GREGORY. COUCH HAMMOGK.

APPLIOATIbN FILED OUT. 27, 1911 1,03%,540. Patented. July 16, 191-2.

2 SHEETS SHEET 2' EUGENE GREGORY, OF MICHIGAN CITY, INDIANA, assrenoa T narrower. FRESH am FURNITURE COMPANY, OF RENO, NEVADA, A CORPORATION OENEV'ADA.

COUCH-HAMMOGIL To eliycimin it may concern:

Be lt known that I, EUGENE Gnnoony of Mlchigan City, in the county of Laporte "and Stateof Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements 1n Couch- Hammocks; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the ac con'ipanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

This invention is a novel couch hammock and its object is to proi'ide an adjustable couch hammock, preferably having a spring bottom; and which can have its ends adjusted so that the occupant may be supported in a reclining or sitting position; or the spring bottom can be flattened out'so that the hammock may be used as a bed-or couch.

The invention consists in the. novelconstructiin of the hammock and parts thereof as hereinafter summarized in the claims, and I will describe the same in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a side View of the hammock in its flattened or extended position. Fig. 2 is a plan View of F ig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail side View of one part of the hammock showing one end thereof adjusted I to reclining position.

enlarged View showing the parts adjusted to sitting position.

. of Fig. 1. .Fig. 6 is a side view of the hamatthe corners by straps 1. I r strengthened and reinforced by means of transverse. t=russ-members each comprising mcck folded for transportation. a detail V ew of a wlr'e'spr ng.

The. hammock comprises" a base frame composed of} side. bars 1- and" end lbars 1? which may be suitably united 'and braced The frame 1 1s a transverse bar 2, end uprights 2i? which are'attached to the ends of the .bar 2, and braces2 'may be connected to the uprights 2 and bottom bar 2 as shown in Fig. 5. The

upper ends of the, uprights 2 are preferably the frame 1, see F ig. 6. Truss-rods 2 are attached to the opposite ends ofeach bar 1 means of ,h olts2 and to the under side at each truss-frame below the end of the uprights as shown 1n the drawings, This Specification of Letters Patent.

Fig. 4 is ajsin ilar Fig. ,5 is an end View" frame andwill not interfere with the flex- 'ing of the spring mattress-which is secured to and over the frame.-

Supported upon the main frame 1,112 is an auxiliary mattress frame, .comprising 1911. As shown in the drawings the mat f tress or'bed bottom fabric is composed of wire rings 4 and wire springs 5; each spring 5 (except those atthe outermost sides of the fabric) is interposed between and connects two adjacent rings 4:. Each spring-5 is preferably made of a single stiff steel wire which is bent intermediate it-sends into any approximately figure 8. shape, forming t-wo flatloops 5" ig. 7) lyingin substantially the same plane whilethe'two ends of the wire 23* extend in opposite directions from between the loops but "in substantially the same .alane; and the extremities of these ends or arms 5 of the spring are hooked as at-5, to-engage the ringsl 'The ,outerm'ost spring members 5 at the'sides and ends of the wire bottom are connected to the adjacent side bars 3, 3 and 'end bars 3 of the auxiliary frame. As shown'wiresprings 6 the outermost end spring-members may-be connected to theloops' on theends of the frame by means of wiredinks 6 I have found it "is unnecessary in practice to extend the spring fabricthe' entire-length of the franie, it-being sufficient if it extends .unders'uch portions of the cover orseating as will-be subjected. to the weight of a per- Patented July 1 6.1912. Application filed October 27, 1911. Serial No. 6157.101. j

' construction forms a very stiff butl light if are attached to the side bars 3, 3 and to the outer rings 4;; while the outer armsof son lying thereupon, and the intermediate 1105 portions may be of the usual wirQ mattreSs construction as indicated in the drawings. The construction of the seat1ng, cover, or mattress does not constitute any part of the present invention and further explanation connect said members by an intermediate cross piece l pending chainsl as shown so as The end frames are provided at their upper cornerswith hooks or eyes 4 which may be engaged with links of the sus to hold the frames 4-in vertical position. ends of the frames 4 are lield'in position by bayonet-shaped irons or hooks I which are adapted to engage the outer end bars 3*, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 4.

To the side members P of the end frames are attached one or more outwardly projecting studs 4. which when the frames are in vertical-position (Fig; 1) engage thechains 1 and prevent the lower portions of the end frames swinging'outwardv past the chains.

The studs 4 also serve another purpose, to wit, when it is desired to adjust either end of the mattress to inclined (reclining) posi- 'tion, see Fig.

3, its end is raised until hooks 3 (attached to the outer ends of the adjacent auxiliary side-bars 3*) can be engaged with the studs I, and thus support the end of the matgiifess in the position shown in Fig.

f3 If it isdesired to adjust the hammock to sitting position, one end of the auxiliary frame (3,3") is raised to the. position shown in Fig. 4, and the adjacent end frame I is swung upward until the hooks 4 on such frame can be caught over the end bar 3 of the adjacent auxiliary-frame section. In this position the occupant of the mattress will be supported in a sitting position.

Obviously if both ends of the auxiliary frame are made adjustable, as described and 'shown, either-end of the seating can be adustedto a reclining or asitting position;

and "t-his adjustment can -be made quickly and easily. In some forms of hammocks only one end of the .auxiliary'frame is adjustable. When both ends are made adjustable' the construction "is simply duplicated at each end of the hammock.

When it is desired to transport the hammock the ends of the auxiliary frame are laid flat upon the supporting frame and the two end frames may be laid thereover. The

' truss-rods 2 may be loosened and discon- The lower.

nected from the trussanembers 2, and the latter may then be folded up withinthe hammock frame as indicated v.inFig. 6. ofthe drawings.

"What I claim is 1. In a hammock'the combination of v a main frame, means for suspending said frame, an auxiliary frame mounted thereupon, a seating or cover attached to said auxiliary frame; and an end-frame adjustably mounted at the end of the mainframe, and adapted to support the auxiliary frame in different positions.

9.. A hammock comprising a main frame, means for suspending the main frame, an auxiliary frame mounted thereupon, the end of said auxiliary frame being hinged; an end frame adjustably mounted at the ends of the main frame, and engaging means on the end frame and said auxiliary frame for supporting the latter in different adjusted positions. 7 p

8. In a hammock the combination of a main frame, means for suspending'said frame, an auxiliary frame mounted thereupon, the endof said auxiliary frame being hinged, a seating or cover attached to said I auxiliary frame; an end frame adjustably mounted at the end of the main frame, and means on said end frame for engaging and supporting the end of said auxiliary. frame in adjustedpositions.

4. In a hammock rigid'main frame, truss members and truss rods bracing the under side of said frame, an auxiliary mattress seating connected to said and means fori supporting frame in ad usted said auxiliary frame, end frames adjustably mounted at the ends of the main frame, and

engaging devices on the end frames and the adjacent hinged ends of the auxiliary frame, whereby the latter may be supported in different adjusted positions,

described.

In testimony that claim the foregoing as my own, I aliix-my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. r EUGENE GREGORY.

substantially as Witnesses:

H. H. CARVER, DoNALD'GREeoRY.

frame mounted on the main frame the ends of said auxiliary frame the combination of a I 

